AUGUSTA — The Peach Belt Conference announced that 836 student-athletes have been named to the Presidential Honor Roll from the league office in Augusta.
A total of 57 Georgia Southwestern student-athletes earned the honor in 2008-09, a nine percent increase from last year.
Men’s soccer placed the most number of student-athletes on the list with 15, an increase from 10 in 2007-08. Baseball had 11 members recognized, and women’s soccer was third with six.
The Presidential Honor Roll recognizes all student-athletes at the 11 PBC member institutions who had a GPA of 3.0 or higher for the academic year.
The honor roll has been divided into four groups: Presidential Scholars, Bronze Scholars, Silver Scholars and Gold Scholars. All student-athletes with a GPA from 3.0 to 3.24 are Presidential Scholars while Bronze Scholars are 3.25 to 3.49; Silver is 3.50 to 3.74 and Gold Scholars are those with a 3.75 to 4.00.
Listed below is the complete list of GSW academic honorees in the 2008-09 Peach Belt Conference Presidential Honor Roll.
Gold Scholar (10) — Bud Long (baseball), Andrew Whiggum (baseball), Stevi Korczyk (women's cross country), Christian Dane (men's soccer), Michael Smith (men's soccer), Ethan Vick (men's soccer), Gabby Buck (softball), Heather Denny (softball), James Wilder-Smith (men's tennis) and Byron Haynes (baseball).
Silver Scholar (10) — Tyler Daniel (baseball), Scott Phillips (baseball), Jamilah Sharp (women's basketball), Sylvia Elkins (women's basketball), Andrew Jones (men's soccer), Michael Moses (men's soccer), Yimi Reyes (men's soccer), Jonathan Smith (men's soccer), Becky Atkins (women's soccer) and Ashley Waters (women's tennis).
Bronze Scholar (23) — Adrienne Demarest (women's tennis), Brittney Bowden (women's tennis), Christopher Clarke (men's tennis), Tiffany Milstid (softball), Brooke McLemore (softball), Ashley Harris (softball), Aubrey Tinklepaugh (women's soccer), Lindsey Richardson (women's soccer), Elizabeth Keller (women's soccer), Brittney Hill (women's soccer), Derek Schicker (men's soccer), James Romaniw (men's soccer), Kevin Huet (men's soccer), Harry Garston (men's soccer), Jesse Davis (men's soccer), Cameron Rigsby (women's cross country), Brandi Burris (women's basketball), Tiandra Billings (women's basketball), Matt Schrantz (baseball), Brandon Reeder (baseball), Heath Lock (baseball), Francisco Gomez (baseball) and Jared Allen (baseball).
Presidential Scholar (14) - Jody Sellars (baseball), Christopher Hall (men's golf), Michael Harris (men's golf), Reese Moseley (men's golf), Charles Pennington (men's golf), Matt Mendell (men's basketball), Brittany Smith (women's basketball), Ambur Humphrey (women's cross country), Katy York (women's cross country), Kacey Barnard (men's soccer), Morgan Bylo (men's soccer), Michael Morgan (men's soccer), Laura Lowe (women's soccer), Brenton Hochstetler (men's tennis).
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57 GSW student-athletes named to PBC Presidential Honor Roll
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